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LIBRARIES  OF  LOS  ANGELES 
AND  VICINITY 


Edited  by 
RALPH  L.  POWER 

Sometime:  Librarian  at  Boston  University 

Editor  of  Special  Libraries  Magazine 

Author  of  Boston 's  Special  Libraries 


UNIVERSITY    OF    SOUTHERN    CALIFORNIA    PRESS 
LOS    ANGELES 


Copyright  1921 
Ralph  L.  Power 


Preface 


upon  returning  to  Los  Angeles,  after  an  absence 
covering  a  period  of  years,  it  seemed  to  the  writer  that 
the  library  facilities  of  the  city  and  county  had  in- 
creased to  such  an  extent  that  a  brief  survey  or  sketch 
might  meet  a  demand  for  certain  information. 

Accordingly  "Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity" 
came  into  existence  in  much  the  same  way  that  Boston's 
Special  Libraries  was  written  some  five  years  ago  al- 
though this  volume  was  compiled  during  the  rush  of 
the  opening  of  college  year. 

Perhaps  ''Some  Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vici- 
nity" might  be  a  better  caption  for  certain  restrictions 
have  been  necessary  in  the  selection  of  material  includ- 
eci  herewith. 

From  the  public  libraries  of  the  county  five  have 
been  chosen,  more  or  less  arbitrarily  perhaps,  and  from 
the  total  number  of  high  school  libraries  not  more  than 
a  half  of  those  in  Los  Angeles  are  sketched. 

Unfortunately  no  mention  has  been  made  in  the  text 
of  the  Monk  Library  of  Arizoniana  at  the  Southwest 
Museum  where  Miss  Cora  Hatch  is  librarian.  This 
collection  of  14,000  volumes,  dealing  exclusively  of 
literature  of  Arizona,  is  open  from  1  to  5  daily  at  4699 
Marmion  Way. 


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It  has  not  been  possible  to  include  all  of  the  private 
collections.  W.  A.  Clark,  Jr.,  founder  of  the  Phil- 
harmonic Orchestra,  has  a  splendid  collection  in  his 
West  Adams  Street  home;  Henry  W.  O'Melveny,  the 
well  known  attorney,  has  a  small  library  of  rare  vol- 
umes; S.  T.  Clover,  Editor  of  "The  Saturday  Night," 
has  a  working  collection  of  unusual  books  in  his  Ar- 
cadia home;  L.  E.  Behymer,  at  his  West  Adams  Street 
residence,  has  built  up  a  wonderful  collection  relating 
to  tne  drama;  I  am  told  that  Judd  Rush,  the  lawyer, 
has  made  a  special  hobby  of  collecting;  and  I.  B.  Dock- 
weiler  and  associates  have  gathered  together  a  splendid 
collection  of  legal  works  in  their  offices. 

The  Los  Angeles  newspapers  all  maintain  a  morgue 
or  depository  for  all  sorts  of  information.  This  ver- 
tical file  data,  covering  world  wide  subjects,  is  a  vast 
mine  of  information  on  all  topics  and,  in  addition,  each 
paper  usually  has  a  small  compact  working  collection. 
In  various  organizations,  such  as  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  other  associations  for  the  betterment 
of  the  city,  there  are  collections  of  varing  sizes  for  sta- 
tistical and  other  uses  which  will  probably  in  time  de- 
velop into  collections  of  considerable  size. 

New  situations  are  arising  almost  daily.  As  this 
volume  goes  to  press  one  reads  that  a  comprehensive 
plan  for  installing  a  system  of  libraries  and  reading 
rooms  in  the  Baptist  churches  in  the  Los  Angeles  Dis- 
trict has  been  outlined.  And  again,  that  a  gigantic  com- 
munity library  for  the  Hollywood  moving  picture  in- 
dustry will  soon  be  under  way. 


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Because  of  the  very  general  nature  of  some  collec- 
tions, a  few  libraries  have  been  purposely  omitted  in- 
cluding the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  library;  the  collection  at  the 
Soldiers  Home  in  Sawtelle;  the  L.  A.  Railroad  library 
of  Division  Two;  the  Santa  Fe  Coast  Lines  Hospital 
library,  the  Neighborhood  Settlement  Library  and  the 
Los  Angeles  Free  Methodist  Seminary  library. 

The.  library  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Southern 
California,  in  the  Los  Angeles  Museum  of  History, 
Scence  and  Art  in  Exposition  Park,  is  to  form  the  his- 
torical portion  of  the  Museum's  library.  The  collec- 
tion of  the  Southern  California  Academy  of  Natural 
Sciences,  of  which  Dr.  F.  C.  Clark  is  president,  is  also 
being  merged  with  the  museum  library.  According  to 
the  announcement  of  Director  William  A.  Bryan  ar- 
rangements have  just  been  completed  to  make  this 
material  available  to  the  public  daily  during  museum 
hours. 

The  material  from  which  these  descriptions  were 
taken  is  believed  to  be  authentic  and  accurate  but 
naturally  the  volume  will  not  be  perfect.  It  ought, 
however,  to  pave  the  way  for  a  thorough  and  complete 
indexing  of  the  city  and  county  library  resources  within 
the  next  year  or  so.  As  a  pioneer  work  there  will  be 
errors  and  omissions  in  "Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and 
Vicinity."  But  if  these  are  called  to  the  attention  of 
the  editor  he  will  gladly  acknowledge  the  material  and 
file  for  future  use. 

Ralph  L.  Power. 
University  of  Southern  California, 
Los  Angeles,  November  1,  192L 


Table  of  Contents 


Public  Libraries 

Alhambra    Public    Library    7 

Long    Beach    Library    9 

Los   Angeles   City   Library   11 

Los  Angeles  County  Library  13 

Pasadena    Public    Library    15 

Pomona    Public    Library    17 

College  and  University  Libraries 

California    Institute   of   Technology   18 

Occidental    College    19 

Pomona    College 21 

Southern    Branch,    University   of   California    24 

University  of  Southern  California  26 

School  Libraries 

Los  Angeles  City  School  Library 29 

Los  Angeles   High   School  Libraries   31 

County   Teachers'   Library   13 

Scientific  Libraries 

Barlow  Medical  Library  36 

Chamber  of  Mines  and  Oil  Library 36 

Charles   Thompson   Orinthological   Library   36 

Mount  Wilson  Solar  Observatory  Library   37 

Southern  California   Edison  Co.  Library 39 

University  of  Southern  California  College  of  Dentistry  —  28 

Libraries  of  Societies 

California  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution 42 

California  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 42 

Historical  Society  of  Southern  California 41 

Los   Angeles   Masonic   Library    42 


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Foreign  Language  Libraries 

Czecho    Slovak    43 

Danish    43 

Italian     42 

Japanese    44 

Mexican    44 

Polish    43 

Business  Libraries 

Barker    Brothers    44- 

Bullocks     45 

First    National    Bank    46 

Los  Angeles  Trust  and  Savings  Company 46 

Los    Angeles    Railway    48 

Pacific  Mutual   Home  Office   48 

Security    Loan    and   Trust   Company    47 

Religious   Libraries 

Krotona  Theosophical  Institute 48 

Los  Angeles  Lodge  Theosophical  Society 50 

Metaphysical    Library    SO 

Law  Libraries 

District  Court  of  Appeal — Second  District SO 

Southwestern  University  School  of  Law 51 

United   States   Circuit  Court   51 

University  of  Southern  California  College  of  Law 28 

Moving  Picture  Studio  Libraries 

Lasky    51 

Realart 

Famous  Players 
Metro    S3 

Universal    53 

Private  Collections 

Lucian  N.  Brunswig 54 

Henry    E.    Huntington    55 

Walter    Lindley    60 

Orra  E.  Monnette 61 

Appendix 

List   of    School    Librarians    63 

Index  of  Librarians  64 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles 
AND  Vicinity 

ALHAMBRA  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


The  ordinance  for  a  public  library  in  Alhambra 
was  passed  September  4th,  1906.  Five  library  trustees 
were  appointed  on  November  13th  and  in  December 
they  met  and  oranized  with  A.  C.  Weeks  as  president 
and  L.  D.  Van  Arnam  as  secretary.  A  room  in  the 
high  school  building  was  furnished  for  temporary  use. 

On  April  27,  1907  $10,000  was  voted  at  the  bond 
election  for  library  purposes;  $6000  for  a  site  and 
$4000  for  equipment.  The  price  of  a  building  was 
to  be  raised  by  popular  subscription.  Nothing  more 
was  done  about  the  library  building  for  several  years 
and  in  1910  the  library  was  moved  from  the  high 
school  to  a  one  story  brick  building  which  had  been 
erected  and  rented  for  the  use  of  the  library  for  a 
year.  At  the  end  of  that  time  it  was  planned  to  erect 
a  permanent  building  on  the  lot  owned  by  the  library. 
In  December  1910  occured  the  death  of  the  Librarian, 
Miss  Hafford.  Miss  Nell  M.  Welter  took  charge  of 
the  library  until  the  appointment  of  Mrs.  Mary  Pierce 
Smith. 

In   1911,  Miss  Agnes  McMillan  was  appointed  as- 


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sistant  and  the  library  was  opened  to  the  pub- 
lic from  9  A.M.  to  9  p.m.  At  an  election  in  April 
1911,  the  proposition  to  bond  the  city  for  ^45,000  for 
purpose  of  purchasing  a  site  for  a  library  and  park 
failed  to  carry.  The  bond  issue  was  again  brought 
up  in  1912  asking  ^50,000.  for  a  library  and  was  suc- 
cessful. The  plan  for  a  building,  costing  about  $45,- 
000.,  was  prepared  by  Frederick  L.  Roehrig.  The 
building,  completed  in  1915,  is  a  large,  attractive  con- 
crete building  with  the  classic  style  of  architecture. 
It  contains  thirteen  rooms  and  has  about  2561  square 
feet  of  reading  room  space.  The  structure  is  sur- 
rounded by  a  beautiful  lawn  with  an  Italian  garden 
in  the  rear  and  occupies  nearly  an  entire  city  block. 
An  open  air  stage  which  is  an  attractive  feature  of 
the  grounds  can  be  used  for  pageants  and  civic  enter- 
tainments. An  auditorium  is  located  in  the  basement 
ot  the  building  for  public  meetings  in  which  the  library 
is  interested.  Open  air  reading  rooms  furnished  witlj 
wicker  chairs  and  tables  give  an  added  attraction  to 
the  library.  The  building  is  so  planned  that  additions 
or  enlargements  may  easily  be  made.  It  is  well 
lighted  with  French  windows  across  the  front  and 
higher  windows  on  sides  and  back.  The  loan  desk  is 
situated  opposite  the  main  entrance  and  from  it  gen- 
eral supervision  of  the  library  is  a  comparatively  easy 
matter. 

On  the  resignation  of  Mrs,  Mary  Smith  in  1918, 
Mrs.  Theodora  R.  Brewitt,  formerly  principal  of 
the    library    school    of    Los    Angeles    public    library, 


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became  librarian.  The  growth  of  the  library  has 
been  extremely  rapid.  In  the  past  two  years  the 
circulation  increased  36  per  cent  and  the  number  of 
new  patrons  added  annually  has  been  more  than 
one  hundred  per  cent. 

The  library  at  Main  and  Fourth  Streets  is  open 
every  day  from  9  to  9  and  on  Sunday  from  2  to  5 
P.M.  for  reading. 


LONG  BEACH  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

In  the  few  years  that  have  passed  since  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Long  Beach  Public  Library  the  in- 
stitution has  grown  from  small  dimensions  to  o'lC  of 
the  largest  libraries  in  cities  the  size  of  Long  Beach. 
In  1895  the  Woman's  Club  of  Long  Beach  estab- 
lished a  small  library  in  a  little  one  story  building  on 
Ocean  Avenue,  This  was  continued  until  1901  when 
the  city  took  over  the  collection  of  books  and  estab- 
lished a  public  library  in  the  City  Hall.  Miss  Victoria 
Ellis  became  librarian  in  1903.  At  that  time  there 
were  1500  volumes  in  the  library  most  of  which  were 
paper  bound. 

The  use  and  growth  of  the  library  increased  so 
steadily  that  it  became  necessary  to  have  a  separate 
building.  In  1907  Andrew  Carnegie  gave  $30,000  for 
a  building  to  which  the  city  added  $15,000, 

In  May  of  1909  the  library  was  moved  into  the 
building  which  it  now  occupies.   Situated  in  Lincoln 


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Park  on  Ocean  Avenue,  it  is  surrounded  by  trees  and 
beautiful  wide  lawns.  The  location  is  ideal  and  the 
library  is  a  block  from  the  center  of  town,  on  the 
main  street,  a  short  distance  from  the  beach. 

On  the  main  floor  the  loan  desk  is  directly  opposite 
the  entrance  and  on  the  right  is  the  reference  de- 
partment. Stairs  on  either  side  of  the  entrance  lead 
to  the  second  floor,  the  larger  part  of  which  is  the 
periodical  room.  This  is  a  large  well  lighted  read- 
ing room  which  is  usually  well  filled  with  readers. 
On  this  floor  also  are  the  cataloging  department  and 
art  gallery,  where  frequent  exhibitions  attract  many 
visitors.  In  the  basement,  which  may  be  entered  either 
from  the  main  floor  or  the  street,  is  the  juvenile  de- 
partment. 

The  Alamitos  Library  Association  in  1910  donated 
a  building  valued  at  $2100  and  a  branch  of  the  Long 
Beach  Public  Library  was  established  there.  There 
are  two  branches  now  in  operation.  One  is  open  two 
days  each  week,  the  other  three. 

Miss  Ellis  resigned  in  1914.  She  was  succeeded  by 
Miss  Zaidee  Brown,  organizing  agent  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Free  Library  Commission,  who  has  con- 
tinued as   librarian  since  that  time. 

The  library  has  received  a  number  of  collections  of 
books  from  private  libraries.  Some  of  these  are  the 
medical  library  of  Dr.  A.  E.  Gresham  of  seventy  five 
volumes,  the  general  library  of  the  Reverend  Pease  of 
ninety  eight  volumes,  and  the  co-operative  law  library. 
To  form  the  latter  forty  or  fifty  attorneys  of  Long 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity       11 

Beach  contributed  books  from  their  private  libraries, 
some  of  them  giving  as  many  as  two  hundred  volumes. 
These  volumes  were  marked  "loaned  to  the  Long 
Beach  Public  Library." 

In  1917  the  historical  material  of  the  city  was  col- 
lected in  the  library  for  an  exhibit.  It  was  obtained 
by  sending  a  circular  letter  to  all  who  had  lived  in 
Long  Beach  twenty  vears  asking  them  to  lend  any 
pictures  they  might  have  of  the  city  or  its  early  resi- 
dents. Much  of  this  material  was  given  to  the  library 
to  be  kept  there  and  so  became  the  nucleus  of  a  local 
history  collection. 

The  library,  located  at  Pacific  Park,  is  open  daily 
from  9  to  9  and  on  Sundays  from  2  to  9  p.m. 


LOS  ANGELES  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

The  Los  Angeles  Public  Library,  established  in  1872, 
has  a  splendid  history  of  progress  and  achievement  in 
spite  of  almost  unsurmountable  difficulties. 

It  is  at  present  located  in  the  Metropolitan  Build- 
ing, Broadway  and  Fifth  Streets,  where  it  occupies 
the  seventh,  eighth,  ninth  and  tenth  floors.  The  hours 
are  from  9  to  9  and  Sundays  from  1  to  9  p.m. 

The  library  is  rather  well  known  for  special  col- 
lections including  Californian  and  Latin-American  lit- 
erature in  which  it  is  second  only  to  the  splendid  Ban- 
croft collection  at  the  University  of  California  in  Ber- 
keley.   The  works  on  genealogy  and  town  history  are 


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especially  complete  and  a  good  working  collection  of 
4,000  volumes  is  especially  strong  in  town  and  county 
history  for  New  England  and  Virginia. 

Other  speciahies  of  considerable  interest  include 
material  on  Pacific  Coast  voyages  including  a  collec- 
tion containing  accounts  of  all  the  early  voyages  to  the 
Pacific,  both  North  and  South,  and  data  on  overland 
journeys  prior  to  1855. 

The  city  library  system  includes  191  distributing 
agencies  which  include  8  Carnegie  branches,  8  rented 
branches,  5  playground  libraries,  18  sub-branches,  a 
club  library  and  150  deposit  stations  in  factories,  de- 
partment stores,  drug  stores,  homes  and  settlements. 

Mr.  Everett  R.  Perry  is  librarian  and  the  staff  now 
numbers  nearly  200  people.  For  years  the  Public 
Library  has  occupied  rented  quarters. 

At  a  recent  bond  election,  however,  the  people  came 
to  the  front  solidly  for  the  library  and  voted  two  mil- 
lion dollars  for  a  new  building.  Just  now  the  question 
of  location  is  causing  considerable  investigation  and 
thought  but  it  is  hoped  the  site  will  be  speedily  se- 
lected and  the  new  building  ready  within  two  and  a 
half  years  when  the  present  lease  runs  out. 

The  library  has  maintained  a  training  class  since 
1892  which  within  recent  years  has  developed  into  a 
full  fledged  library  school.  As  such  it  offers  a  pro- 
gram of  a  year  for  properly  qualified  students  wish- 
ing to  study  library  economy  and  college  credit  is 
allowed  for  work  in  its  classes. 

There  are  430,000  books,  of  which  240,000  are  in 


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the  main  library.  The  periodical  department  provides 
more  than  900  different  magazines  and  192  news- 
papers. 3000  separate  copies  of  the  900  periodicals 
are  supplied  throughout  the  system. 


LOS  ANGELES  COUNTY  FREE  LIBRARY 

Located  in  the  Broadway  Annex  to  the  Hall  of 
Records  at  204  North  Broadway,  the  County  Free 
Library  maintains  supervision  over  its  325  distribut- 
ing stations.  These  branch  libraries  cover  the  entire 
county  from  the  ocean  to  the  highest  mountain  tops. 
The  books  may  be  found  in  buildings  given  over  en- 
tirely to  library  use,  in  club  houses,  schools,  stores 
and  in  post  offices. 

The  main  collection  is  housed  in  three  sections  or- 
ganized and  maintained  at  the  central  library  office. 
The  first  division,  known  as  the  community  section, 
contains  works  of  general  interest,  cultural  rather  than 
technical  volumes.  No  texts  are  to  be  found  in  this 
section. 

Then  there  is  the  County  Teachers'  Library.  This 
branch  of  the  service  has  grown  to  include  11,000 
voulmes  for  the  exclusive  use  of  teachers  for  reference 
and  circulating.  Not  only  is  the  professional  aspect 
of  teaching  emphasized  in  the  collection  but  there  al- 
so may  be  found  works  on  travel,  literature  and  the 
like. 

The   school   service   section   is   the   result  of   state 


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legislation  and  through  its  work  various  schools 
throughout  the  county  are  supplied  with  books,  maps 
and  charts.  Schools  pool  their  meagre  library  fund  to 
the  county  library  for  administration  and  books  are 
purchased  for  all  contributing  schools.  Volumes  are 
then  circulated  from  school  to  school  and  in  this  man- 
ner each  institution  receives  a  service  that  it  would 
not  be  possible  to  enjoy  otherwise. 

The  Los  Angeles  County  Library  enjoys  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  largest  county  library  in  the  state. 
There  are  approximately  170,000  volumes  which  have 
been  added  since  the  collection  first  came  into  being 
in  January  1913.  Last  year  there  was  a  circulation 
of  nearly  800,000  books  exclusive  of  schools.  The 
school   collection   numbers    116,000  volumes. 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  county  free  library  law 
the  county  free  library  is  established  by  the  county 
board  of  supervisors  and  is  supported  by  a  county 
tax  which  cannot  exceed  ten  cents  on  the  hundred 
dollars  of  assessed  valuation  on  all  territory  that  is  out- 
side of  towns  or  cities  already  having  public  libraries. 
The  average  tax  payer  with  an  assessed  valuation  of 
three  or  four  thousand  dollars  will  pay  in  county  li- 
brarv  taxes  less  than  the  cost  of  an  inexpensive  book 
or  magazine  and  for  that  small  tax  will  have  access 

O 

to  all  the  books  and  magazines  desired. 

The  county  system  operates  its  own  delivery  system 
but  in  addition  books  may  be  sent  by  express  or  par- 
cel post  and  the  library  pays  delivery  charges  each 
way.    Some  distributing  stations  are  located  a  hundred 


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miles  from  a  railroad  and  in  some  instances  even  thirty 
miles  from  a  wagon  road.  County  librarians  believe 
that  wherever  people  go  books  can  follow. 

The  popularity  and  far  reaching  benefits  of  the 
county  library  may  be  better  visualized  when  we  say 
that  there  were  over  40,000  individual  borrowers  last 
year.  The  library  serves  about  165,000  people  ac- 
cording to  the  1920  census. 

The  main  library  is  open  daily  from  8:30  to  5  ex- 
cept Saturday  afternoons  during  July  and  August. 
Since  its  inception  the  library  has  been  under  the 
supervision  of  Miss  Celia  Gleason,  the  librarian.  Miss 
Helen  Vogleson  is  assistant  librarian. 


PASADENA  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

In  1882  a  society  was  formed  called  the  Pasadena  Li- 
brary and  Village  Improvement  Society,  and  on 
December  26th  of  the  same  year  the  library  was  in- 
corporated. It  was  a  subscription  library,  each  per- 
son paying  twenty  five  cents  a  month  to  draw  books. 
To  obtain  funds  shares  were  sold  at  $5.00  each,  and 
a  sum  of  $50,000  was  thus  raised. 

The  first  library  was  housed  in  a  wooden  building, 
about  22x40  feet,  two  stories  high.  The  collection  con- 
sisted of  329  volumes,  and  was  under  the  care  of  Mrs. 
S.  E.  Merritt,  the  librarian. 

In  1886  the  collection  was  considerably  broadened 
with    1700    volumes,   bought    and    donated,    on    the 


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shelves.  The  Hbrary  building  was  considered  in  ade- 
quate, however,  and  the  Board  went  about  to  find 
a  new  home.  A  lot  was  purchased  on  Colorado  Street 
for  $170.  At  the  end  of  a  year,  the  land  boom  having 
swept  Pasadena,  the  lot  was  sold  for  the  sum  of  $10, 
000.  With  this  money  another  lot  was  purchased  on 
Dayton  Street,  for  $1496  and  the  old  building  moved. 
Still  the  library  board  struggled  against  cramped 
quarters  and  sought  to  obtain  a  larger  building.  The 
matter  was  brought  up  before  the  citizens  of  Pasadena, 
and  lots  Vv'ere  offered  for  the  library  building.  The 
one  which  was  the  most  favorable  in  location  was  a 
lot  offered  bv  Charles  Legge,  on  the  corner  of  Ray- 
mond Avenue  and  Walnut  Street,  100x150  feet.  The 
lot  was  given  on  the  condition  that  the  building  cost 
not  less  than  $25,000.  and  should  be  built  and  com- 
pleted not  later  than  January  1,  1888,  and  be  free 
from  any  financial  incumbrances. 

The  trustees  still  had  a  fund  left  from  the  sale  of 
the  Colorado  Street  property,  and  bravely  decided  to 
start  with  this,  hoping  to  obtain  the  necessary  funds 
to  complete  the  building  during  its  construction.  A 
subscription  list  was  started  (1887),  representing  the 
purchase  of  shares  in  library  corporation  stock,  which 
amounted  to  $6,935. 

After  many  difficulties  in  1890,  on  September  9th  an 
attractive  brown  stone  building  having  cost  $25,000, 
was  opened  with  Mrs.  Merritt  continuing  as  librarian. 
On  the  resignation  of  Mrs.  Merritt,  Miss  Nellie  M. 
Russ   was   made   librarian  and    served    as    such    for 


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twenty  years.  In  1919,  upon  the  resignation  of  the 
librarian,Miss  Jeannette  Drake,  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Public  Library,  was  made  librarian. 

A  gift  of  one  thousand  photographs  of  the  treasures 
contained  in  the  Boston  Museum  of  Art  was  given 
to  the  Hbrary  by  Baldwin  Coolidge.  These  consist 
of  photographs  of  oil  and  water  color  paintings,  statues, 
engravings,  etchings,  furniture,  ceramics,  textiles,  and 
classical  antiques  from  Rome,  Greece,  Japan  and 
and  India.  These  photographs  are  being  mounted 
and  classified,  and  form  a  valuable  part  of  the  picture 
collection.  The  bound  volumes  now  number  approx- 
imately 80,000. 

The  library,  at  Raymond  Avenue  and  Walnut 
Street,  is  open  daily  from  9  to  9  and  Sundays  from 
2  to  5  P.M. 


POMONA  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

The  Pomona  Library  Association  was  organized 
in  1887  with  about  1,000  volumes  in  the  library, 
which  was  in  the  new  First  National  Bank  building. 
The  library  was  mainly  supported  by  the  annual 
flower  festivals,  the  fees  being  scarcely  sufficient  for 
current  expenses.  The  library  and  the  reading  room 
annex  was  open  every  day  and  evening. 

Land  to  the  value  of  ^2100  was  given  by  citizens 
of  the  locality  upon  which  a  building  costing  $15,729 
was  built  in  1902.     The  contract  for  the  building  did 


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not  include  book  stacks,  delivery  desk  and  so  forth. 
$15,000  of  the  money  was  from  Andrew  Carnegie. 
The  building  is  of  the  Romanesque  style. 

In  1905  Miss  Sarah  M.  Jacobus  was  elected  librarian, 
succeeding  Miss  Mabel  Prentiss.  In  1905  the  total 
number  of  volumes  were  11,413  and  the  total  number 
of  registered  card  holders  3907. 

On  January  1910  work  was  begun  on  alterations 
and  additions  to  the  library  building.  The  library 
began  a  collection  of  local  history  and  a  Shakespeare 
collection.  Exhibits  of  California  stories,  Southern 
stories  and  Indian  stories  were  made.  Talks  on  the 
use  of  the  library  was  given  to  teachers  and  classes 
from  school.  Club  meetings  were  held  in  the  assembly 
room.  Advertising  the  library  in  street  cars  and 
school  visits  have  quickened  the  interest  in  the  library. 
The  new  story  hour  has  proven  very  popular. 

The  library,  on  North  Main  Street  is  open  daily 
from  9  to  9  and  Sundavs  from  2  to  5  p.m. 


CALIFORNIA   INSTITUTE   OF   TECHNOLOGY 

The  library  of  California  Tech  contains  10,000 
bound  volumes  and  many  periodicals  and  proceed- 
ings, relating  particularly  to  chemistry,  physics  and 
astronomy. 

In  addition  to  the  general  library  the  Chemistry 
Departmental  Library  in  the  Gates  Chemistry  Build- 
ing contains  a  good  working  collection  of  books  and 


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journals  on  chemistry,  both  American  and  Foreign. 
The  Physics  Departmental  Library  which  will  be  hou- 
sed in  the  new  Norman  Bridge  Physics  Building  is  be- 
ing added  to  very  materially  and  will  be  a  very  good 
collection  of  books  and  periodicals  on  Physics,  Mathe- 
matics   and   Mathematical    Physics. 

The  library  quarters  are  located  in  one  of  the  build- 
ings on  East  California  Street,  Pasadena,  and  the 
hours  during  the  college  year  are  from  8  a.m.  to  9  p.m. 

Miss  Frances  L.  Spining  is  librarian  and  the 
schedule  of  library  hours  is  announced  each  college 
term. 


OCCIDENTAL    COLLEGE    LIBRARY 

In  February  1887,  articles  of  incorporation  were 
drawn  for  the  Occidental  University  of  Los  Angeles 
and  September,  1888,  the  first  college  building  was 
located  in  Boyle  Heights  and  opened  to  the  students. 
However,  the  term  university  was  too  pretentious  for 
such  a  small  institution  and  in  1892  the  name  was 
changed  to  Occidental  College.  At  this  time  there 
were  six  students  in  the  college  and  twenty-nine  in  the 
preparatory  department.  The  college  boasted  a  small 
library  known  as  the  Cameron  Library  which  was  lo- 
cated in  the  main  building. 

The  building  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1896  and  the 
college  forced  to  move.  A  site  in  Highland  Park  was 
chosen  and  the  first  building  completed  in   1898. 


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1904  was  an  important  date  in  the  history  of  the 
college  library  for  in  that  year  Charles  M.  Stimson 
gave  the  new  library  building  to  the  college  and  the 
people  of  Highland  Park.  This  was  said  to  be  one  of 
the  most  beautiful  library  buildings  on  the  coast  and 
was  built  at  a  cost  of  $20,000.  On  the  main  floor 
were  the  reading  and  reference  rooms,  the  stack  room 
and  the  librarian's  office  while  the  lower  floor  was 
occupied  by  the  college  departments  of  biology  and 
geology. 

The  new  building  not  only  housed  the  college  li- 
brary but  the  Stimson  Branch  of  the  Los  Angeles  Pub- 
lic Library  with  some  1200  volumes.  Miss  Anna  C. 
Latimer  was  the  librarian  in  1906  and  in  1907  Miss 
Frances  R.  Foote  was  appointed  to  the  position.  From 
1909  Dr.  G.  F.  Cook  has  been  librarian. 

By  1908  the  library  numbered  7,000  volumes  and 
received  regularly  60  periodicals.  The  college  library 
had  grown  to  such  an  extent  that  it  was  necessary  to 
move  the  Stimson  Branch  to  other  quarters.  This 
was  done  in  March,  1908  and  the  college  library  left 
in  possession  of  the  Stimson  building. 

1914  was  a  memorable  date  for  Occidental  for  it 
marked  the  leaving  of  the  old  campus  and  moving  to 
the  present  site  near  Eagle  Rock. 

The  most  important  event  in  the  history  oi  the  li- 
brary came  in  1916  when  Mr.  David  B.  and  Mrs. 
Mary  H.  Gamble  of  Pasadena  endowed  the  library 
with  $50,000  the  income  of  which  is  devoted  to  pur- 
chase of  books  for  the  library. 


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Occidental  College  Library  now  has  about  IS. 000 
volumes  on  the  shelves,  many  of  which  are  reference 
works  of  importance. 

An  important  feature  of  the  library  is  the  special 
collection  of  books  and  manuscripts  on  Mexico  and 
Latin  America.  The  Cleland  collection,  now  being 
catalogued  bv  Miss  Fales,  numbers  between  300  and 
350  books,  most  of  which  are  works  on  Latin  Amer- 
ica. 

The  Doheny  collection,  given  by  Mrs.  E.  L.  Doheny 
of  Los  Angeles,  comprises  chiefly  typed  and  written 
manuscripts.  These  manuscripts  are  the  written  cor- 
respondence between  the  Doheny  Foundation  and 
Mexican  authorities  concerning  the  investigations  car- 
ried on  in  Mexico  by  the  Foundation. 

The  library,  now  located  in  Fowler  Hall  at  the  Eagle 
Rock  Campus,  maintains  a  schedule  according  to  the 
college  year. 


POMONA  COLLEGE  LIBRARY 


The  beginning  of  this  library  dates  from  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  college  in  1888,  when  a  small  collection 
was  gathered  and  housed  in  an  alcove  off  the  hall  of 
the  first  college  building.  Miss  Spalding,  who  acted 
as  the  first  librarian,  gathered  together  about  two 
hundred  books  from  friends  in  Carleton  and  brought 
them  with  her  to  the  college,  this  forming  the  nucleus 
of  the  collection.     Many  personal  appeals  for  special 


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books  were  made  to  friends  of  the  college  and  the  col- 
lection soon  outgrew  the  quarters. 

In  1891  the  library  was  moved  to  a  room  which 
had  been  prepared  for  it  in  Holmes  Hall  where,  with 
the  aid  of  the  Claremont  book  club,  it  was  further 
developed  for  the  use  not  only  of  the  students  but  the 
residents  of  Claremont.  This  club  still  continues  to 
donate  a  number  of  books  to  the  library  each  year. 

In  1897  Mr.  C.  M.  Pratt  first  made  his  annual  do- 
nation of  five  hundred  dollars  for  books.  In  1899  the 
library  was  moved  to  Pearsons  Hall  of  Science  where 
a  safer  and  more  convenient  place  had  been  provided. 
This  soon  became  inadequate,  however,  and  plans 
were  made  to  provide  a  building.  An  appeal  was  made 
for  some  Carnegie  funds  which  resulted  in  the  offer  of 
^25,000,  with  the  stipulation  that  the  college  was  to 
raise  an  equal  amount  for  endownment.  But,  as  this 
seemed  inadequate,  a  further  appeal  was  made  by  the 
president,  and  ^40,000  was  promised  under  the  same 
conditions. 

Mr.  Franklin  P.  Burnham  of  Los  Angeles  was 
chosen  as  architect  and  the  corner  stone  was  laid  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1907.  The  building  when  completed  cost 
.  $10,000  more  than  the  original  sum,  and  is  of  rein- 
forced concrete  throughout.  The  building  is  situated 
in  the  center  of  a  park  and  is  to  be  at  the  end  of  the 
quadrangle  when  this  is  completed.  It  faces  east  and 
broad  steps  lead  up  to  a  high  portico  supported  by 
massive  columns. 

The  spacious  entrance  hall  is  open  to  the  ceiling  of 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity      23 

the  second  floor  with  a  gallery  around  the  upper  floor. 
The  charging  desk  is  on  either  side  facing  the  door 
and  divided  in  the  middle  by  an  aisle  which  leads  to 
the  rear  of  the  building  and  the  open  stacks.  To  the 
right  of  the  entrance  [?■  the  general  reading  and  period- 
ical room  with  a  fireplace  in  the  center  of  the  North 
wall  and  to  the  left  is  the  reference  room  with  a  fire- 
place in  the  south  wall.  Stairs  lead  from  both  sides 
of  the  entrance  and  meet  above  the  front  door  and  end 
in  front  of  the  exhibition  cases  which  extend  around 
three  sides  of  the  gallery.  Two  class  rooms  are  locat- 
ed on  the  north  side  of  the  second  floor  and  the  li- 
brarian's offices  and  a  scientific  periodical  room  on 
the  south  side.  In  the  rear  over  the  stacks,  are  sem- 
inary rooms  which  of  late,  because  of  the  growth  of 
the  library,  have  been  used  for  books.  In  the  base- 
ment is  located  the  magazine  room  and  law  library. 

The  library  has  had  a  steady  growth  during  the 
last  ten  years.  During  this  period  the  endowment  fund 
has  increased  from  W,000  to  $123,809.98  of  which 
$51,840.12  is  the  book  fund  endowment.  The  in- 
crease in  the  fund  has  come  from  various  persons  who 
have  given  sums  for  the  different  departments. 
In  1910  there  were  13,675  bound  volumes  and  on  June 
1,   1920,  35,314  beside  24,098  pamphlets. 

In  1913  the  library  was  made  a  depository  for  Unit- 
ed States  government  documents  and  for  the  publi- 
cations of  Carnegie  Institute  at  Washington.  In  1914 
the  Mason  collection  of  California  literature  was  pre- 


24      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

sented  to  the  college  with  provisions  for  purchasing 
other  volumes  along  this  line. 

In  1919  the  Viola  Minor  Westergaard  memorial  col- 
lection of  books  in  fine  arts  was  presented  to  the  li- 
brary. This  collection  was  placed  in  Rembrandt  Hall, 
the  art  building,  and  is  constantly  being  enlarged  by 
the  donors.  This  is  also  used  for  reference  only.  Other 
collections  are  the  Cook-Baker  Library,  the  zoology 
section  of  which  is  housed  in  Pearsons  Hall  of  Science, 
and  the  botany  section  in  Harwood  Hall,  and  the 
Astronomical  library  in  the  F.  P.  Brackett  observa- 
tory. 

Another  important  recent  addition  to  the  reference 
collection  is  the  Victor  S.  Clark  collection  of  photo- 
stat cards  containing  the  translation  of  articles  appear- 
ing  in  German   newspapers   during  the   war. 

The  library  employs  two  librarians,  Victor  E.  Mar- 
riott, librarian,  and  Marion  J.  Ewing,  assistant  and 
student  assistants.  This  system  was  started  in  1913 
with  the  plan  to  give  each  student,  in  addition  to  desk 
work,  some  department  for  which  he  was  to  be  re- 
sponsible. 

The  college  library  is  open  daily  and  evenings  dur- 
ing the  college  year  on  regular  schedule. 


SOUTHERN     BRANCH, 
UNIVERSITY    OF    CALIFORNIA 

The  Librarv  of  the  State  Normal  School  was  estab- 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity       25 

lished  in  1881  and  its  growth  kept  pace  with  that  of 
the  institution.  On  July  21,  1919,  the  State  Normal 
became  the  property  of  the  University  of  California 
and  at  that  time  the  Board  of  Regents  assumed  con- 
trol of  the  grounds,  buildings  and  equipment.  Since 
that  date  the  institution  has  been  known  as  the  South- 
ern Branch  of  the  University  of  California. 

The  Hbrary  is  housed  in  an  ivy-covered  brick  build- 
ing on  the  Vermont  Avenue  Campus  containing  a 
reading  room  accomodating  four  hundred  readers,  a 
stack  room  with  shelving  capacity  of  fifty  thousand 
volumes,  a  juvenile  room,  a  magazine  room,  a  reception 
room,  one  for  the  librarian's  use  and  a  number  of 
class  roms. 

The  library  has  two  distinct  collections,  one  for  the 
use  of  the  college  students  and  one  for  the  training 
school.  The  latter  for  the  most  part  contains  sup- 
plementary texts  and  is  in  reality  a  branch  of  the 
library  proper.  Owing  to  the  crowded  conditions  in 
the  library,  this  collection  was  moved  to  the  training 
school  quarters  during  the  past  year. 

The  present  collection  of  the  library  consists  of  31,- 
000  volumes  and  8000  pamphlets  as  well  as  about 
6500  bound  volumes  of  literary  and  educational  journ- 
als. The  library  is  especially  rich  in  literature  per- 
taining to  psychology  and  the  science  of  teaching.  A 
special  classification  has  been  devised  for  these  two 
classes.  There  has  been  a  change  in  the  character 
of  the  books  purchased  since  the  library  has  come 
under  the  Board  of  Regents.    During  the  past  year  the 


26      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

number  of  additions  to  the  library  was3348  volumes. 

During  the  summer  session  of  the  University  of 
California,  the  regular  collection  of  the  library  is  aug- 
mented by  loans  from  the  State  Library  and  from  the 
Library  of  the  University  of  California. 

Library  hours  of  the  Southern  Branch  are  made  in 
accordance  with  the  regular  school  program  and  are 
posted  from  time  to  time.  The  present  librarian  is 
Miss  Elizabeth  H.  Fargo. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
LIBRARY. 

The  Library  of  the  University  of  Southern  Calif- 
ornia was  organized  at  the  time  of  the  founding  of 
the  University  in  1880,  and  up  to  1901  the  librarian 
in  charge  was  usually  a  student  or  professor  who  gave 
part  time  to  the  library.  In  1901  Mrs.  Lorretta  May 
Crowell  was  appointed  librarian  and  gave  full  time  to 
the  library  work.  In  1904  Miss  Sara  K.  Miller  be- 
came librarian,  but  she  also  took  special  work  in 
college  courses.  In  1908  Miss  Charlotte  M.  Brown 
became  librarian  and  has  since  then  devoted  her  en- 
tire time  to  the  library. 

The  library  which  is  in  reality  the  liberal  arts  col- 
lection is  housed  in  the  Old  College  at  3Sth  Street  and 
University  Place.  The  library  remained  in  this 
building  when  the  administration  offices  were  moved 


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to  the  new  building  but  it  is  the  plan  of  the  University 
to  have  the  next  building  to  be  constructed  on  the 
campus  the  library  building  at  a  cost  of  at  least  $250,- 
000.00. 

The  reference  room  contains  the  general  reference 
books,  the  bound  magazines,  and  a  selected  list  of 
current  periodicals.  The  stack  room  opens  off  the 
reference  room  and  contains  the  circulating  books. 
There  are  also  four  large  study  rooms,  on  the  main 
floor,  connecting  with  the  main  stack  room  through  a 

'  c  o 

hallway.  In  these  rooms  are  shelved  the  reserve 
collection  of  about  4,000  volumes  selected  by  the  var- 
ious professors  as  outside  reading  in  connection  with 
their  various  courses,  and  the  bound  magazines  most 
in  demand  for  outside  reading.  Nearly  5,000  volumes 
are  reserved  at  this  time  of  year. 

All  officers,  students  and  graduates  of  the  Univer- 
sity have  free  access  to  the  library  and  may  take 
books  for  home  use.  The  library  has  both  open  and 
closed  shelves,  the  majority  of  the  circulating  books 
being  upon  the  closed  shelves.  All  closed  shelves 
are  open  to  the  members  of  the  faculty  and,  upon 
recommendation  of  their  major  professor,  to  students 
doing  advanced  research  work. 

The  library  contains  31,000  bound  volumes  and  20, 
000  pamphlets.  There  are  a  few  small  special  collections 
but  of  no  great  extent,  the  most  important  of  these 
being  a  collection  of  books  on  the  Life  and  times  of 
Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  presented  to  the  library  by 
Judge  Blackstock  of  Los  Angeles.     In  the  collection 


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are  several  rare  editions,  the  most  significant  of  which 
is  George  Buchanan's  'Detection  of  the  act  of  Mary 
Queen  of  Scots'  translated  from  the  latin  and  published 
in  London  two  hundred  years  ago. 

The  staff  is  composed  of  the  librarian  and  five  regu- 
lar assistants  ,and  during  the  school  year  there  are 
about  twenty  student  assistants  who  work  ten  hours 
each  week. 

The  library  is  also  a  depository  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Public  Librarv  and  books  as  needed  are  brought  from 
the  public  library  for  the  use  of  the  students.  Inter- 
library  loans  are  carried  on  in  the  state  through  the 
Los  Angeles  County  library. 

The  library  is  open  five  days  in  the  week  from  8  a.m. 
to  5  P.M.  and  on  Saturday  from  8:30  a.m.  to  3:30  p.m. 

In  addition  the  library  of  the  College  of  Dentistrv. 
established  in  1892  has  a  collection  of  5,000  volumes  in 
dental  science  and  allied  subjects  as  well  as  \'olumes 
upon  medical  science.  This  collection  is  open  to 
students  of  the  institution  and  to  all  ethical  members 
of  the  dental  profession  in  the  state  of  California  for 
reference  only.  These  books  are  at  102  East  Sixth 
Street  under  the  direction  of  the  librarian,  Dr.  J.  End- 
elman. 

The  College  of  Law  library  was  established  in  1897 
and  contains  8,500  volumes  strictly  related  to  the  pro- 
fession. These  are  in  the  Tajo  Building  at  First  and 
Broadway. 

A  nucleus  for  a  Commerce  Collection  is  also  under 
way  at  the  present  time. 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity      29 
LOS  ANGELES  CITY  SCHOOL  LIBRARY 

In  1891  the  City  School  Library  established  as 
the  School  Department  of  Public  Library  began  to 
organize  and  grow  but  not  until  1906  did  it  separate 
from  the  Public  Library.  Since  1906  the  library  has 
been  housed  at  419  South  Olive  Street,  first  starting 
with  one  room  until  now  the  entire  building  is  de- 
voted to  the  elementary  school  service.  Miss  Char- 
lotte Casev  was  librarian  until  1920,  when  Miss  Jas- 
mine Britton  became  head  of  the  staff  of  five. 

The  purpose  of  the  City  School  Library  is  to  make 
its  resources  promptly  available  and  widely  used,  so 
that  all  teachers  in  the  Los  Angeles  system  will  find 
it  indispensable  to  the  best  work  with  the  children. 
More  and  more  care  and  time  are  given  to  improving 
the  service  to  the  individual  teacher  and  filling  re- 
quests for  special  books,  music  and  visual  aids  as 
rapidly  as  possible.  Increasing  numbers  of  questions 
are  being  telephoned  directly  from  schools  about  ref- 
erence questions. 

The  book  collection  in  1906  was  about  16,000  vol- 
umes and  the  collection  has  grown  to  250,000  volumes 
in  1920 — these  are  not  separate  titles  however,  as 
many  duplicates  are  bought,  in  some  cases  one  hun- 
dred copies  of  the  same  book.  One  hundred  and  sixty- 
eight  schools  are  served  with  deliveries  being  made 
every  two  weeks  by  a  truck.  About  25  schools  a  day 
can  be  reached. 

Books   are  loaned   in  four  ways:    First,  there  are 


30  Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity- 
books  which  may  be  kept  for  the  school  year.  Second, 
there  are  books  and  magazines  which  are  of  recent 
date  or  much  demanded  and  can  be  kept  two  weeks 
to  a  month.  Third,  there  are  sets  of  books,  not  more 
than  twenty-five  to  a  teacher,  which  may  be  kept  as 
long  as  they  are  in  use.  Fourth,  there  are  sets  of  books 
which  are  much  in  demand  and  can  be  kept  one  month. 

The  Hbrary  shows  an  excellent  increase  an  d  a 
healthy  rate  of  growth.  The  total  circulation  of  books 
for  the  year  1919-1920  was  98,372,  an  increase  of  27, 
092,  over  the  previous  year  of  1918-19.  It  adds  about 
25,000  volumes  every  year,  at  the  same  time  about 
5,000  books  are  worn  out,  making  an  increase  of  20,- 
000  to  the  entire  collection.  According  to  the  average 
daily  attendance  of  children  in  the  schools,  the  library 
book  fund  permits  a  yearly  expenditure  of  only  a- 
bout  9  cents  a  pupil. 

In  addition  to  this  large  collection  of  books,  the 
library  also  circulates  phonograph  records,  patterns, 
pictures,  lantern  slides,  charts,  sterographs,  maps, 
globes,  and  exhibits  of  products  such  as  cotton,  silk, 
cocoa,  wheat,  and  other  food  products. 

One  of  the  newest  and  most  active  departments  in 
the  library  is  that  of  visual  education.  It  stimulates  an 
interest  in  geography,  history  and  nature  study  through 
the  use  of  pictures,  sterographs,  and  motion  pictures. 
This  work  has  grown  greatly  during  the  year.  In  ad- 
dition the  library  recommends  firms  where  suitable 
lantern  slides  and  films  can  be  obtained  at  a  small 
cost.     The  two  stereoptican  machines   are  circulated 


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most  of  the  time  and  it  is  necessary  to  reserve  them 
ahead  of  time. 

The  work  with  the  evening  schools  and  Americani- 
zation is  very  popular.  Much  time  is  given  to  compar- 
ing the  same  selection  as  interpreted  by  different 
artists  and  on  various  instruments  so  that  only  the 
best  are  added  to  the  collection. 

The  work  with  the  evening  schools  and  Americani- 
zation work  has  grown  until  now  larger  and  more 
attractive  quarters  have  been  assigned.  Individual 
teachers  avail  themselves  of  the  evening  school  sup- 
plies, printing  press  and  pictures  for  making  charts. 
Their  work  is  very  far  reaching  with  the  foreigners 
in  spite  of  the  difficulties  of  insufficient  equipment. 

The  library  is  open  daily  9  to  5  and  9  to  12  on  Sat- 
urdays. 


LOS  ANGELES  HIGH  SCHOOL  LIBRARIES 

There  are  in  Los  Angeles  ten  high  schools  maintain- 
ing libraries  with  trained  librarians.  As  the  limits  of 
the  city  are  extensive,  a  few  of  the  high  schools  are 
not  near  the  center  of  population  proper,  as  Van 
Nuys,  San  Pedro  and  Gardena.  Besides  these  are 
five  high  schools  in  the  city  limits  giving  service  to 
outlying  communities  but  with  no  trained  head:  Lo- 
mita,  Wilmington,  Owensmouth,  Torrance  and  San 
Fernando.     No  comparison   is   possible  between  the 


32       Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

large  high  school  libraries  in  figures  with  the  smaller 
ones  but  all  have  the  same  purpose  of  service. 

Each  library  has  its  own  peculiarity  in  size,  age 
and  stage  of  development.  The  newest  Library  is  in 
the  Van  Nuys  High  School,  organized  in  1919  in  a 
corner  of  a  study  room  in  the  small  school.  Miss 
Jean  Doan  is  librarian,  Saint  Andrews  Street,  Van 
Nuys. 

The  oldest  library  is  that  of  Los  Angeles  High 
School,  which  began  thirty  or  forty  years  ago  with  a 
collection  occupying  a  locked  glass  case.  Only  by 
slow  advance  has  it  become  the  library  it  is  today. 
Its  history  is  in  many  ways  typical  of  the  older  high 
school  libraries.  In  1890  it  is  said  that  a  small  room 
"was  used  for  a  recitation  room,  a  study  room,  a  li- 
brary, physics  and  chemistry  laboratories,  and  the 
principal's  office.  The  books  were  moved  to  a  study 
room  and  were  cataloged  and  cared  for  by  the  Head 
of  the  English  Department." 

In  1903  a  trained  librarian  was  appointed  and  the 
following  year  the  books  appeared  upon  open  shelves 
and  the  old  seats  and  desks  gave  way  to  tables  and 
chairs.  In  the  course  of  time  the  need  for  a  work- 
room was  met  and  the  library  proper  expanded  into 
three  adjoining  rooms.  These  had  become  overcrowd- 
ed and  the  furniture  worn  when  in  1917  the  school 
moved  to  a  new  building.  There  the  library  occupies 
a  large  beautiful  room  in  the  center  of  the  building. 
The  north  side  of  the  room  is  almost  wholly  taken  by 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity       33 

casement  windows.  New  furniture  and  equipment 
were  generously  provided  in  keeping  with  the  new 
chapter  in  the  development  of  the  library.  Adjoining 
the  main  room  at  one  end  are  three  smaller  ones,  a 
good  sized  workroom  with  shelving  for  books  in  pro- 
cess and  for  files  of  unbound  magazines,  an  office  and 
a  store  room.  The  library,  in  the  school  building  at 
4900  Country  Club  Drive,  is  open  from  8  to  4:30 
Mondays  to  Fridays  inclusive.  Miss  Marjorie 
Van  Deusen  is  the  librarian. 

The  Lincoln  High  School  has  a  library  of  unusual 
charm  into  which  the  books  were  moved  in  1916,  after 
the  usual  probation  in  a  class  room.  The  irregular 
shape  of  the  room,  two  large  rooms  joining  in  an  L, 
the  many  French  windows  on  the  east  and  south,  the 
plants  and  ferns  in  window  boxes,  the  round  tables,  the 
subdued  coloring  of  the  old  oak  furniture,  and  the 
pictures  all  help  to  create  an  unusual  and  delightful 
library  atmosphere.  The  plan  of  the  building  allows 
the  great  convenience  of  a  librarian's  office  close  to 
the  delivery  desk  and  therefore  to  the  place  of  great- 
est activity. 

The  library  is  open  daily  at  3625  North  Broadway 
and  Miss  Ella  S.  Morgan  is  librarian. 

Polytechnic  advanced  from  one  small  room  to  two 
and  finally  to  the  drawing  room  on  the  roof.  "The 
room  is  large  and  pleasant,  being  lOOfeet  by  100  feet 
and  well  lighted  with  windows  on  two  sides  and  sky- 
lights. Its  location  on  the  fourth  floor  however  is  a 
drawback.    The  long  flights  of  stairs  and  the  distance 


34      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

from  the  English  and  History  Departments  which  are 
in  another  building  make  it  difficult  for  both  teachers 
and  pupils. 

The  library  is  open  daily  under  the  direction  of  Mrs. 
Edith  W.  Locklin  librarian,  at  400  West  Washington 
Street. 

Franklin  and  Jefferson  High  Schools  look  for 
more  desirable  rooms  and  furniture  when  the  erection 
of  an  additional  unit  in  each  group  of  buildings  pro- 
vides a  carefully  planned  library. 

In  all  the  libraries  the  books  are  on  open  shelves  to 
which  the  pupils  may  go  freely.  The  books  are  large- 
ly limited  to  library  use  with  the  privilege  of  borrow- 
ing for  home  use  overnight.  Books  of  fiction  and  gen- 
eral literature  may  usually  be  borrowed  for  a  week  or 
two.  In  most  of  the  libraries  pupils  may  come  direct- 
ly to  the  library  at  the  beginning  of  the  study  period. 
They  sign  attendance  slips  which  are  collected  and 
sent  to  the  study  hall  in  which  the  pupils  are  register- 
ed. The  library  is  very  popular  in  all  the  schools  and 
the  problem  is  not  so  much  to  attract  the  pupils  as  to 
find  room  for  them. 

At  Franklin  Miss  Viola  E.  Stevens  is  librarian  and 
the  school  is  located  at  Fifty-fourth  Street  and  Irving- 
ton  Place.  Miss  Linnie  Marsh  is  librarian  at  Jeffer- 
son, 3720  Hooper  Avenue. 

The  three  largest  High  Schools  boast  of  10,000  vol- 
umes and  the  others  (with  the  exception  of  Van  Nuys) 
range  from  2400  to  5400  volumes.    Franklin  and  Jef- 


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ferson   as    still    young   schools    have    relatively    small 
collections,  about  2500  volumes. 

Each  school  has  its  specialty:  San  Pedro,  because 
of  its  location  at  a  sea-port  has  a  large  collection  in 
navigation,  sea-life,  shells,  shipbuilding  and  commerce. 
Gardena  has  a  valuable  collection  of  about  500  books 
on  agriculture  and  a  large  collection  of  the  publications 
of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture  and 
of  the  Experiment  Stations,  all  carefully  classified  and 
cataloged. 

Jefferson  is  a  vocational  school,  and  at  mechanics, 
agriculture  and  home  economics  are  dominant  in  the 
collection.  In  connection  with  these  subjects  a  large 
use  is  made  of  government  bulletins;  farmers  bulletins 
and  California  agricultural  publication  are  cataloged 
by  subject,  filed  and  bound  yearly. 

The  Los  Angeles  High  School  Is  of  the  more  class- 
ical type.  The  library  has  an  unusually  fine  collect- 
ion in  history,  civics,  economics,  and  sociology.  Many 
books  have  been  bought  for  junior  college  courses. 

Polytechnic  has  a  especially  good  group  of  electrical, 
mechanical  and  scientific  works,  which  are  always  in 
demand. 

Franklin  has  a  large  collection  of  farmers'  bulletins 
and  other  pamphlets;  each  covered  separately;  cata- 
loged and  prepared  for  circulation. 


36       Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 
BARLOW  MEDICAL  LIBRARY 

The  Barlow  Medical  Library  at  742  North  Broad- 
way contains  over  5,000  volumes  for  medical  reference 
open  to  the  general  public  daily  except  on  bank  holi- 
days. 

Mrs.  Allen  D.  Fellows  is  librarian.  The  collection 
was  established  in  1907  by  the  Medical  Library  As- 
sociation and  is  housed  in  its  own  building,  now  the 
property  of  the  state. 

CHAMBER  OF  MINES  AND  OIL  LIBRARY 

The  library  of  the  Los  Angeles  Chamber  of  Mines 
and  Oil  is  located  in  the  Wilcox  Building  at  Second 
and  Spring  Streets  where  it  is  open  only  to  members 
of  the  Chamber  from  9  to  5  daily. 

The  collection  was  established  in  1906  and  contains 
2,000  volumes  relating  especially  to  mining  and  oil. 

CHARLES  THOMPSON  ORINTHOLOGICAL 
LIBRARY,  SOUTHWEST  MUSEUM 

This  collection  was  given  to  the  Museum  in  1911 
and  contains  an  exceptional  library  of  ornithology.  It 
is  arranged  primarily  for  reference  and  is  open  to  bird 
students  and  to  members  of  the  Audubon  Society. 

The  library  is  at  4699  Marmion  Way  and  there  are 
over  3,000  volumes. 


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MOUNT  WILSON  SOLAR  OBSERVATORY 
LIBRARY,  PASADENA 

Few  people  realize  perhaps,  that  one  of  the  largest 
observatories  in  the  world  is  located  on  Mount  Wilson. 
It  forms  a  part  of  the  Carnegie  Institute  of  Washing- 
ton, founded  in  1902  by  Mr.  Carnegie,  and  up  to  1913, 
had  received  from  him  a  total  endowment  of  $22,000,- 
000  for  the  purpose  of  furthering  scientific  research  in 
all  fields.  The  observatory  was  established  here  in 
1904. 

Only  the  actual  work  of  making  observations  is  done 
on  the  mountain.  All  other  work  is  carried  on  at  their 
Pasadena  quarters  which  are  located  on  Santa  Barbara 
street.  They  consist  of  a  group  of  four  buildings,  an 
office  building,  physical  laboratory,  instrument  shop, 
and  a  machine  and  optical  shop.  The  library  is  housed 
in  the  office  building,  keeping  the  books  easily  ac- 
cessible to  the  staff  of  workers.  This  building,  built 
in  1913,  is  of  two  stories  of  white  concrete,  with  a 
roof  of  Spanish  tile,  and  is  very  attractive  in  the  set- 
ting of  green  vines. 

The  library  has  a  room,  24.5  by  36.5  feet  in  size, 
on  the  main  floor,  which  forms  a  wing  to  the  building, 
giving  excellent  lighting.  The  indescribable  atmosphere 
cast  by  orderly  rows  of  books  upon  their  surround- 
ings, is  felt  with  especial  potency  in  this  room,  with 
its  walls  lined  from  floor  to  ceiling  with  dignified  vol- 
umes. In  a  place  of  honor,  facing  the  entrance  door, 
is  an  excellent  copy  in  oils  of  Collier's  portrait  of  Sir 


38       Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

William  Hugglns,  made  when  he  was  President  of  the 
Royal  Society. 

There  have  been  but  two  librarians  since  the  li- 
brary was  established,  Miss  Jessie  Haines,  afterwards 
Mrs.  Longacre  and  the  present  librarian.  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Connor. 

When  the  library  moved  to  its  new  quarters  in  1913, 
h  numbered  3,310  volumes;  it  totals  at  present  6,200, 
with  800  housed  at  the  observatory  at  Mount  Wilson. 
This  collection  is  devoted  almost  entirely  to  technical 
works  in  astronomy  and  physics,  although  other 
branches  of  science  are  represented,  notably  mathe- 
matics, chemistry  and  geology.  The  books  are  divided 
into  four  groups,  general  works,  periodicals,  observa- 
tory publications,  and  pamphlets.  The  general  works 
are  of  wide  range,  including  works  of  authority  of  all 
countries  and  of  all  periods  in  which  records  of  scien- 
tific research  have  been  made.  One  sees  with  interest 
an  ancient  tome  published  in  Spain  in  the  seventeenth 
century  standing  side  by  side  with  Einstein's  Relativ- 
ity. Periodicals  form  the  bulk  of  the  collection,  in- 
cluding complete  bound  files  of  scientific  magazines, 
some  general  in  character,  such  as  Nature,  and  Science, 
while  others  are  highly  specialized  such  as  Astronom- 
ische  nachrichtin,  Zeitschrift  fur  instrumenkunde,  Bul- 
letin astronomique,  and  Die  Annalen  der  Physik.  An 
example  of  the  interesting  volumes  found  in  the  library 
is  in  this  group,  a  set  of  the  Philosophical  transactions 
of  the  Royal  society  of  London,  complete  from  1660 — 
some  of  them  in  their  original  leather  bindings. 

A  smaller  but  important  class  consists  of  the  publi- 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity       39 

cations  of  observatories,  representing  122  institutions 
all  over  the  world,  "varying  with  the  importance  and 
size  of  the  observatory  from  thin  pamphlets  to  the  80 
volumes  of  the  Harvard  Annals."  These  volumes  are 
shelved  by  themselves  and  arranged  alphabetiaclly  by 
the  name  of  the  observatory. 


LIBRARY  OF  THE  SOUTHERN  CALIFORNIA 
EDISON  COMPANY,  LOS  ANGELES 

The  library  of  the  Southern  California  Edison  com- 
pany had  its  beginning  about  1910.  All  the  available 
magazines  as  a  nucleus  for  a  library  were  collected 
from  the  employees.  From  this  small  beginning  it  has 
grown  to  be  an  important  factor  in  the  work  oi  the 
company's  employees. 

The  library  is  located  on  the  third  floor  of  the  Edi- 
son Building  at  third  and  Broadway,  in  an  attractive 
room  with  numerous  windows,  light  walls  and  ceilings 
and  comfortable  chairs.  The  collection  of  books  num- 
bers about  2200  volumes,  of  which  450  are  bound 
magazines  and  800  miscellaneous  and  government 
pamphlets.  About  60  magazines  are  received  regularly 
and  most  of  these  are  bound.  The  majority  of  the 
books  and  periodicals  deal  with  electrical  engineering 
but  many  other  subjects  are  represented:  mechanical 
and  civil  engineer-mathematics,  chemistry,  physics, 
hydraulics,  irrigation,  refrigeration,  general  and  per- 


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sonal  efficiency,  business  finance,  public  utilities,  re- 
ports of  societies,  etc.  A  small  collection  of  music 
used  by  the  Edison  orchestra  is  also  filed  in  the  li- 
brary. In  addition  there  is  a  deposit  from  the  Pub- 
lic Library  of  one  hundred  volumes,  chiefly  of  fiction 
and  travel. 

The  catalog  is  composed  mainly  of  cards  indexing 
magazine  articles  which  are  not  indexed  in  the  In- 
dustrial Arts  or  Engineering  Indexes  and  is  practically 
a  subject  index.  All  magazines  containing  articles  in 
any  wav  connected  with  the  work  of  the  company  are 
carefully  analyzed  by  the  librarian.  There  is  an  ad- 
ditional catalog  of  articles  written  by  members  of  the 
company  which  have  been  printed  in  the  Edison  Cur- 
rent Topics  or  in  technical  magazines. 

Newspapers  are  regularly  clipped  for  items  of  in- 
terest about  the  company  or  its  members,  about  local 
bond  issues,  competing  companies,  general  electrical 
or  financial  news,  special  weather  news  having  a  bear- 
ing on  the  maintenance  or  operation  of  the  system,  etc. 
These  clippings  are  routed  to  various  departments  by 
the  advertising  agent  and  when  returned  are  filed  in 
the  publicity  department. 

The  reference  work  is  of  importance  and  includes 
work  with  members  of  various  clubs  in  the  preparation 
of  papers  to  read  at  meetings;  research  for  special  re- 
ports; compiling  of  bibliographies,  etc. 

About  two  thirds  of  the  patrons  are  those  in  the 
central  office  building,  where  the  library  is  housed. 
The  other  third   are  located  In    construction    camps, 


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power-houses,  district  offices,  garages,  shops,  etc.  and 
material  is  sent  to  them  by  mail. 

That  the  employees  appreciate  the  library  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  in  the  last  two  years  the  circulation 
and  number  of  borrowers  have  tripled  and  reference 
work  has  greatly  increased,  the  circulation  at  the  end 
of  1920  being  4010.  This  increase  has  been  brought 
about  by  a  systematic  advertising  through  articles  in 
the  house  organ,  by  means  of  posters  and  letters  and  in 
every  way  possible  to  acquaint  the  employees  in  all 
branches  of  the  company  with  the  facilities  of  the  li- 
brary.    Miss  Beth  Pasko  is  now  librarian. 

HISTORICAL  SOCIETY  OF  SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA  LIBRARY 

The  library  of  this  society  is  now  housed  in  the 
Museum  of  History,  Science  and  Art  Building  in  Ex- 
position Park. 

The  collection  is  not  in  active  use  but  is  open  to 
members  by  appointment.  There  are  over  2,000  vol- 
umes relating  to  California  history;  files  of  the  pub- 
lications of  the  Historical  Society  of  California  and 
publications  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia. These  are  extremely  valuable  as  source  ma- 
terial of  the  history  of  Los  Angeles  and  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia. 

Dr.  Rockwell  D.  Hunt,  dean  of  the  graduate  school, 
at  the  LTniversity  of  Southern  California,  is  president 
of  the  society. 


42      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

CALIFORNIA  SOCIETY  SONS  OF  THE 
REVOLUTION  LIBRARY 

The  California  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution  and 
the  California  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  Library  is 
located  in  the  Broadway  Central  Building  424  South 
Broadway  with  Prof.  Walter  S.  Herzog  as  librarian. 

There  are  nearly  6,000  volumes  on  genealogy  and 
family  history  with  rosters  of  Revolutionary  and  Co- 
lonial War  periods. 

The  collection  is  open  to  members  from  1  to  6  p.m. 
daily. 

LOS  ANGELES  MASONIC  LIBRARY 

The  Los  Angeles  Masonic  Library  Association 
maintains  a  splendid  and  complete  collection  of 
Masonic  literature  in  the  Masonic  Temple  at  Figueroa 
and  Pico  Streets. 

The  library  at  present  has  3,000  volumes  and  is  the 
largest  of  its  kind  in  the  Southwest.  It  contains  a 
valuable  file  of  Grand  Lodge  reports  from  more  than 
8,000  Masonic  jurisdictions  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  T.  S.  Southwick  is  in  immediate  charge  of  the 
library  which  is  open  to  Masons  only,  daily  from  9  a.m. 
to  10  P.M.  except  Sundays. 

ITALIAN 

654  North  Spring  Street.  This  Italian  newspaper 
office  circulates  magazines  and  books  and  newspapers. 


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CZECHO  SLOVAK 

4120  South  Park  Avenue.  A  small  collection  of 
books  brought  together  by  various  Czecho  Slovak  or- 
ganizations and  kept  at  this  address.  The  collection 
is  free  to  members  of  the  organization  only  and  is  open 
on  two  Saturday  evenings  a  month.  One  particular 
group  presented  one  hundred  books  to  the  Public  Li- 
brary but  other  groups  still  maintain  a  small  collect- 
ion at  this  place. 

DANISH 

792  East  46th  Street.  A  Danish  church  of  which 
Mr.  S.  Marckham  is  pastor  has  a  collection  of  books, 
about  fifty  in  number  which  is  open  to  the  members 
of  the  church. 


POLISH 

4410  Lima  Street.  Mr.  Al  Heutreux,  librarian.  The 
Polish  Library  Association  established  April  10,  1906. 
Annual  income  is  received  from  monthly  dues  of  ten 
cents  charged  for  the  use  of  the  books.  The  library  is 
open  Thursday  and  Friday  evenings  to  members  only 
from  7  to  9,  and  on  Sunday  afternoons. 

There  are  455  volumes  of  books  and  eight  news- 
papers in  the  collection  which  is  maintained  by  one 


44      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

hundred  and  twenty-five  members.  Madame  Modjeska 
donated  her  collection  to  this  library  when  she  was 
living  in  Arden. 


MEXICAN 

Mexican  Exposition  Centro  Hispano  Americano  de 
I,os  Angeles.  1924  South  Figueroa.  Mr.  Ramos  cus- 
todian. A  collection  recently  started,  is  open  to  mem- 
bers of  the  society,  and  entrance  is  gained  only  by 
card. 


JAPANESE 

936  Wall  Street.  A  collection  of  about  six  hundred 
volumes,  eight  magazines  and  four  newspapers  com- 
prise the  library  of  the  Japanese  Christian  Institute. 
The  institution  was  established  six  years  ago  and  the 
book  collection  has  been  built  up  by  the  young  people's 
society,  the  members  paying  twenty  five  cents  a  month 
for  its  support  and  growth. 


BARKER  BROTHERS  LIBRARY 

Nearly  all  of  the  large  department  stores  in  Los 
Angeles  have  an  educational  department,  or  conduct 
part-time  classes  for  the  benefit  of  their  employees. 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity      45 

The  library  plays  an  important  part  in  this  educational 
work.  The  larger  stores  have  libraries  of  their  own 
which  is  supplemented  by  books  borrowed  from  the 
public  library.  Among  those  having  such  libraries  are 
Barker  Brother's,  Robinson's,  The  Broadway,  Ham- 
burgers, Jacoby's,  and  the  Ville  de  Paris. 

Barker  Brothers  have  their  own  collection  of  tech- 
nical books  with  a  librarian  in  charge.  The  purpose  of 
the  library  is  to  furnish  information  for  the  different 
departments  of  the  store  and  to  make  more  efficient 
salesmen.  The  library  is  in  an  attractive  room  near 
the  administrative  offices  of  the  firm.  Two  branches 
are  maintained;  one  in  the  garage,  and  another  in  the 
warehouse.  By  this  means  all  employees  of  the  firm 
are  reached.  The  library  relies  on  the  public  library  for 
fiction,  biography,  and  travel.  Books  are  sent  from 
the  public  library  once  a  week.  The  library  is  open 
every  day  from  8:0  a.m.  untill  5:30  p.m.  It  is  against 
the  policy  of  the  firm  to  charge  fines  but  so  far,  little 
trouble  with  losses  or  overdues  has  been  had.  The 
circulation  for  the  first  three  months  of  1920  averaged 
about  1550  per  month.  \ 


BULLOCK'S  DEPARTMENT  STORE  LIBRARY 

The  library  in  Bullocks  Department  Store  at 
Seventh  and  Broadway  is  not  a  library  in  the  book 
sense  of  the  word.     It  is  rather  a  clipping  and  filing 


46      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

bureau,  and  was  organized  in  June  1920  as  a  part  ot 
the  research  office.  The  library  is  a  member  of  the 
Retail  Research  Association  which  has  offices  in  Lon- 
don, Paris,  Germany  and  New  York  City. 

Trade  journals  on  every  possible  subject  which  a 
department  store  might  be  interested  in,  millinery,  fur- 
niture, styles,  and  so  forth  are  secured  and  circulated 
to  the  heads  of  the  different  departments.  These 
journals  and  the  daily,  weekly,  and  monthly  reports 
of  the  Retail  Research  Association  are  carefully  clipp- 
ed and  filed. 

Anything  that  shows  the  trend  of  the  market  is  es- 
pecially valuable — for  instance  a  drop  in  the  price  of 
cotton.  Weekly  monetary  reports  are  made,  Babson's 
reports  are  carefully  checked,  clipped,  and  circulated. 
The  news  is  of  value  only  if  secured  ahead  of  time,  as 
in  cases  of  styles,  hence  much  of  the  material  is  ephe- 
meral in  character. 

Miss  Eva  Faulk  is  librarian  and  the  library  Is  lo- 
cated in  the  building  at  724  Soutth  Broadway. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  LIBRARY 

The  library  of  the  First  National  Bank  and  the  Los 
Angeles  Trust  and  Savings  Company  Is  In  charge 
of  Miss  Alice  Scheck,  formerly  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Public  Library,  and  has  been  In  operation  since  the 
first  of  October,  1920.  It  was  established  for  the  use 
of  officers  an  employees  of  th  institutions.  The  li- 
brary works  in  connection  with  the  advertising  depart- 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity      47 

ment  of  the  bank,  which  publishes  daily,  an  article 
written  by  one  of  the  bank  officials,  on  topics  of  the 
day.  This  keeps  the  bank  before  the  people  without 
taking  the  form  of  advertising.  Information  for  these 
articles  is  taken  from  the  publications  of  eastern  banks, 
government  publications  and  magazine  articles. 

The  library  susbscribes  to  a  number  of  magazines 
pertaining  to  financial,  agricultural,  scientific  and  tech- 
nical subjects.  These  are  circulated  overnight  to  the 
officers  of  the  bank. 


SECURITY  LOAN  AND  TRUST  CO.  LIBRARY 

The  reference  library  of  the  Security  Loan  and  Trust 
Company  has  been  in  operation  since  January  1,  1921, 
and  is  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Vivian  Gregory  Smith,  for- 
merly with  the  legislative  department  of  the  state  li- 
brary. This  library  was  established  for  the  use  of 
bank  employees  and  to  assist  the  research  department 
of  the  institution.  It  consists  entirely  of  government 
publications,  magazines,  pamphlets  and  clippings. 

The  library  furnishes  reference  material  for  the  pub- 
licity department.  Information  is  obtained  from  the 
library's  resources  and  from  material  furnished  by  the 
public  library  of  the  city.  Clippings  on  financial  sub- 
jects are  taken  from  eastern  newspapers,  fastened  with 
steel  pins  to  manilla  folders  and  circulated  for  one 
hour.  Trade  journals  and  magazines  are  circulated 
over  night. 


48      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

All  material  is  catalogued,  and  classified  according 
to  the  Dewey  system  of  classification. 


LOS  ANGELES  RAILWAY  LIBRARY 

This  general  collection  with  special  emphasis  on 
engineering  subjects  was  established  in  1914  and  now 
has  over  a  thousand  volumes. 

Located  in  the  L.  A.  Railway  Building  at  Broadway 
and  Eleventh  Street,  W.  B.  Rees  is  librarian. 


PACIFIC  MUTUAL  HOME  OFFICE  LIBRARY 

The  library  is  in  the  Pacific  Mutual  Building  at 
Olive  and  Sixth  Streets  where  Miss  D.  B.  Parker  is 
librarian. 

There  are  several  hundred  volumes  of  a  technical 
nature  including  life  insurance,  business  economics  and 
welfare  subjects. 


KROTONA  THEOSOPHICAL  INSTITUTE 

One  of  the  most  interesting  of  the  small  special  li- 
braries in  Los  Angeles  is  the  library  of  the  Krotona 
Institute  of  the  Theosophical  society.  Krotona  is  beau- 
tifully located  in  the  foothills  of  the  Santa  Monica 
mountains,   overlooking   Hollywood   and   the  city   of 


Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity      49 

Los  Angeles.  The  library  is  housed  in  a  small  build- 
ing which  forms  one  side  of  an  open  court,  which  is 
attractive  with  vines,  flowers  and  a  fountain.  The 
outside  windows  open  to  an  outdoor  reading  room, 
which  affords  a  view  of  the  mountains  through  the 
pepper  and  eucalyptus  trees.  The  main  reading  room 
is  homelike  and  attractive  with  a  fireplace  at  one  end 
while  comfortable  chairs  and  book-lined  walls  invite 
quiet  study  and  reading. 

Mr.  C.  J.  Van  Fleet  started  the  collection  of  books 
in  1912,  with  ten  volumes.  There  are  now  about  five 
thousand  volumes  in  the  library  as  gifts  or  permanent 
loans,  since  no  money  is  provided  for  the  financial 
support  of  the  library. 

The  most  interesting  features  of  the  library  are  the 
special  collections  of  books  on  theosophy,  mysticism, 
philosophy,  magic,  occultism  and  comparative  religion. 
The  purpose  of  the  library  is  to  have  on  its  shelves 
representative  works  on  all  philosophies,  religions  and 
progressive  movements.  There  is  little  fiction  but 
there  is  a  collection  of  theosophical  works  in  Braille 
type  for  the  blind,  which  circulates  by  mail  to  a  few 
subscribers.  The  Decimal  classification  has  been  used 
but  it  has  been  necessary  to  develop  the  classes  133, 
134  and  212,  extensively  to  accommodate  the  books  in 
these  special  subjects. 

The  building  is  located  at  the  head  of  Vista  Del 
Mar  Avenue  and  is  open  daily  from  2  to  8  p.m. 


50      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

LOS  ANGELES  LODGE,  THEOSOPHICAL      ' 
SOCIETY  LIBRARY 

This  collection  of  a  thousand  volumes  on  theosophy 
and  occultism  is  open  to  the  general  public  from  12  to 
5  P.M.  daily  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 

Esatblished  in  1894,  the  rooms  are  in  Blanchard 
Hall  at  233  South  Broadway  where  Miss  Abbie  L. 
Wood  is  librarian. 


METAPHYSICAL  LIBRARY 

This  collection  of  1500  volumes  on  metaphysics  and 
allied  subjects  is  open  to  the  general  public  daily  from 
9  A.M.  to  8  P.M.  in  the  Black  Building  at  357  South 
Hlli  Street. 

Miss  Eleanor  M.  Reesberg  is  librarian  and  the 
collection  has  been  steady  growing  since  its  inception 
in  1902. 

DISTRICT  COURT  OF  APPEAL  LIBRARY 
SECOND  DISTRICT 

This  library  in  the  Pacific  Finance  Building  at  Olive 
and  Sixth  Streets  was  established  in  1907. 

There  are  now  over  12,000  volumes  on  legal  matters 
open  only  to  appellate  judges  and  judges  of  the  su- 
preme court. 

Mr.  J.  H.  Crumrine  is  librarian. 


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SOUTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL  OF 
LAW  LIBRARY 

This  is  primarily  a  reference  library  for  the  students 
in  the  university  quarters  at  206  South  Spring  Streets. 

It  was  established  in  1913  and  while  primarily  a 
collection  on  legal  works  it  is  also  strong  in  certain 
fields  of  business  including  accountancy. 

There  are  1600  books  and  the  quarters  are  open 
from  8:30  to  9  p.m.  J.  J.  Schumacher  is  Secretary  of 
the  institution. 


UNITED  STATES  CIRCUIT  COURT  LIBRARY 

There  are  about  1500  volumes  in  this  library  locat- 
ed in  the  United  States  Attorney's  office  in  the  Federal 
Building  at  305  North  Spring  Street. 

The  district  attorney,  has  supervision  over  the  li- 
brary which  was  established  in  1887  and  contains  the 
regular  law  sources  of  information  open  for  reference 
to  attorneys  of  the  city. 


LASKY  MOVING  PICTURE  COMPANY 
LIBRARY 

The  Lasky  Moving  Picture  Company  maintains 
two  libraries,  one  at  the  Realart  studio,  in  charge  of 
Mrs.  Hopkins  and  the  other  at  the  Famous  Players 


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studio,  in  charge  of  Mrs.  McGaflfy.  Both  libraries  are 
about  the  same  size.  A  rough  estimate  of  the  number 
of  volumes  in  each  collection,  was  made  at  five  to 
seven  thousand.  The  collections  were  started  and 
the  librarian  appointed  about  six  years  ago.  From 
a  handful  of  books,  the  collections  have  grown  not 
only  in  number  of  books  but  in  magazines  and  the 
development  of  the   large  picture  files. 

The  library  is  situated  in  a  small  room  in  the  center 
of  the  activities  of  the  "lot"  and  is  easily  accessible 
for  the  directors'  and  art  managers'  use.  The  whole 
problem  of  the  librarian  is  one  of  search  for  pictures 
for  the  directors  in  making  up  sets. 

There  are  always  many  varied  and  interesting 
things  to  be  sought  for  as ;  a  hand  bill  of  an  old  theatre 
program  from  London,  found  in  the  private  collection 
of  a  Los  Angeles  theatrical  manager;  a  city  map  of 
Chattanoga  Tenn.,  a  facimile  of  Mr.  Asquith's  sig- 
nature, found  in  Margot  Asquith's  autobiography;  a 
birds-eye  view  of  Paris,  obtained  by  using  several 
photographs  after  the  films,  especially  made  in  Paris 
could  not  be  used;  pictures  of  Holland  scenery,  found 
in  several  books,  magazines  and  picture  files;  the  Brit- 
ish cabinet  in  session  found  in  London  illustrated  news; 
and  which  states'  divorce  laws  would  permit  the  ar- 
rangement of  the  plot  of  a  certain  scenario. 

The  majority  of  the  books  are  on  art,  architecture, 
travel  and  literature  or  any  other  books  having  good 
illustrations.  Jungle  scenes,  period  furniture  and  in- 
teriors of  all  kinds  are  especially  desirable.     Only  a 


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few  of  the  standard  reference  works  are  used  but  a 
great  deal  of  material  is  found  in  illustrated  books 
of  fairy  tales.  Fiction  is  of  little  value  and  old  fiction 
is  soon  weeded  out  along  with  any  other  material 
which  has  passed  its  time  of  usefulness.  Sterescopes 
and  picture  post  cards  are  little  used  and  only  as  a 
last  resort. 


METRO  CORPORATION  LIBRARY 

The  Metro  studio  has  a  good  picture  collection  which 
is  well  classified.  During  the  past  winter  their  research 
work  was  done  by  Mr.  Schwankowiski,  an  artist  and 
Mr.  Garbutt,  but  the  work  is  now  in  charge  of  Mr. 
Amos  Meyer,  one  of  the  directors,  assisted  by  a  drafts- 
man.    The  library  has  2000  volumes. 


UNIVERSAL  FILM  MANUFACTURING 
COMPANY  LIBRARY 

This  "movie"  library  is  located  at  Universal  City 
with  Mr.  Leroy  Armstrong  as  librarian. 

It  was  established  in  1918  and  contains  a  standard 
collection  on  travel,  art  and  history  so  necessary  to  a 
literary  of  this  type.  A  complete  file  of  many  illustrat- 
ed magazines  are  kept  for  the  pictures  which  will  be 
invaluable  at  a  later  years. 


54      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 
LUCIAN  N.  BRUNSWIG 

Mr.  Lucian  N.  Brunswig,  president  of  the  Brunswig 
Drug  Company,  has  collected  throughout  a  lifetime 
an  exceedingly  interesting  collection  of  some  6,000 
volumes. 

More  than  fifty  years  ago  Mr.  Brunswig  started 
his  library  by  picking  up  rare  and  interesting  volumes 
in  the  quaint  old  bookstalls  of  the  Latin  Quarter  in 
Paris  and  later  in  the  cities  of  Paris,  Rome  and  Lon- 
don, as  well  as  in  various  journeys  throughout  France, 
Belgium,  Holland,  Norway,  Sweden  and  England. 

This  interesting  collection  specializes  on  antique 
manuscripts.  Of  especial  interest  are  three  rather 
large  volumes  of  approximately  800  pages  each,  in 
the  handwriting  of  the  Monks.  In  the  Florentine 
Monasteries  Mr.  Brunswig  has  obtained  some  very 
antiquated  works  of  hand  painting — illustrated  and 
written.  A  few  of  these  have  the  wax  seals  and  stamps 
of  the  Monasteries. 

Among  the  English  works  there  are  many  old  and 
rare  volumes  including  William  Penn's  History  of  His 
Own  Time  written  by  himself.  There  is  also  a  fine 
section  devoted  to  ancient  British  volumes  together 
with  a  good  assortment  of  French,  Italian  and  Span- 
ish works. 

An  excellent  collection  of  the  complete  editions  in 
French  of  all  the  noted  men  of  letters  of  France  de- 
serves special  mention.  These  include:  Chateaubri- 
and, Balzac,  Pierre  Loti,  A.  Dumas    (Pere),  A.  Du- 


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mas  (Fils),  Huysmans,  Goncourt,  Guizot,  Thiers,  Con- 
sulat  and  Empire,  Lamartine,  Barbey  d'Aurevilly, 
Maupassant,  Claude  Farrere,  de  Tocqueville,  de  La- 
bouJaye,  de  Vigny,  de  Musset. 

Mr.  Brunswig's  library  is  housed  in  cozily  furnish- 
ed quarters  at  his  West  Adams  Street  home. 

HENRY  E.  HUNTINGTON  LIBRARY  AND 
ART  MUSEUM 

The  Henry  E.  Huntington  Library  and  Art  Gallery 
at  San  Marino  (post  office  San  Gabriel)  under  the 
able  direction  of  Dr.  George  Watson  Cole,  president 
of  the  Bibliographical  Society  of  America,  is  one  of 
the  treasures  of  Southern  California. 

The  library  of  over  100,000  volumes  is  one  of  the 
greatest  private  collections  of  rare  books  in  the  world. 
When  the  material  is  all  gathered  in  the  beautiful 
building  of  Italian  design,  at  present  nearing  comple- 
tion, it  will  be  open  under  certan  supervision  to  scholars 
and  book  lovers. 

Built  upon  the  collections  of  many  famous  private 
libraries  and  certain  American  collections  the  value  or 
rarity  of  the  library  cannot  be  estimated. 

A  notable  feature  of  the  library  is  the  elaboration 
and  completeness  of  the  cataloguing.  This  follows  the 
method  of  the  Church  catalogue,  compiled  by  Dr. 
Cole,  and  for  early  English  literature  in  particular  will 
give  when  completed  a  bibliographical  record  unequal- 
led in  detail  and  authority. 


56      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

The  resources  of  the  Huntington  Library  consist  of 
English  literature,  and  of  Americana,  it  also  pos- 
sesses several  smaller  but  noteworthy  collections. 

In  the  field  of  English  Literature,  the  collection,  as 
a  whole,  equally  surpasses  any  other  in  this  country 
and  is  an  acknowledged  rival  of  the  greatest  English 
collections. 

Bibliographically  the  date  1640  is  important  as  it 
has  been  chosen  to  mark  the  second  great  division  of 
English  Printing,  the  first  closing  with  the  year  1500. 
Within  the  period  1475-1640  it  has  been  estimated 
that  some  25,000  books  were  printed  in  England.  Of 
these  this  collection  contains  a  surprising  number  and 
is  the  largest  collection  of  this  kind  outside  of  Eng- 
land itself. 

These  figures,  however,  give  but  an  inadequate  idea 
of  the  collection  if  nothing  is  said  about  the  compara- 
tive qualities  of  the  different  collections.  The  Hunt- 
ington Collection  takes  a  very  high  place  in  this  re- 
spect. It  is  especially  strong  in  poetry,  drama,  and 
romance,  while  the  Huntington  Shakespeare  collection 
is  acknowledged  to  be  superior  to  that  of  the  British 
Museum.  It  is  believed  we  are  slightly  ahead  of  that 
institution  in  the  number  and  rarity  of  English  plays 
and  masques.  In  early  English  poetry  this  collection 
is  also  unsurpassed. 

The  collection  is  equally  rich  during  the  Common- 
wealth, Restoration,  and  later  periods;  and,  in  fact, 
fully  illustrates  English  literary  development  from  its 


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earliest  sources  to  the  present  day.  There  are  fine  sets 
of  first  and  important  editions  of  practically  every  au- 
thor of  importance  from  Chaucer  to  contemporary 
writers  whose  works  are  still  being  published. 

The  works  of  no  fewer  than  175  English  authors  of 
the  Victorian  Period,  and  later  are  found  recorded  in 
the  catalogue.  Of  these  eighteen  are  represented  by 
fifty  or  more  titles.  Collections  of  the  First  Editions 
of  some  three-hundred  American  authors  are  found 
on  the  shelves.  Of  the  latter,  three  have  more  than 
one  hundred  titles,  four  have  over  seventy-five,  and 
four  others  have  more  than  fifty  titles. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  quality  of  these 
collection  is  of  great  excellence.  Not  only  are 
the  more  common  first  editions  to  be  found  but  those 
also  of  great  rarity,  as  well  as  many  ephemeral  and 
important  pieces  of  the  class  known  as  "ana."  Both 
English  and  American  collections  contain  many  pieces 
inscribed  by  their  authors  or  of  especial  interest  for 
other  reasons.  Many  original  manuscripts  of  these 
authors  are  also  preserved  here. 

The  collection  of  American  History  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  this  country  and  covers  rarieties  from  earliest 
editions  of  Columbus  Letters  to  the  "Stars  and  Stripes," 
of  the  late  World  War.  It  is  especially  strong  in  the 
earlier  periods.  Those  of  the  discovery,  exploration, 
and  settlement  of  the  New  World  are  excellently  rep- 
resented by  original  narratives.  English  Colonial  His- 
tory and  the  Revolutionary  Period  are  well  covered 
with  contemporary  accounts  and  the  Federal  Develop- 


58      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

ment  of  our  own  country  is  likewise  represented.  There 
are  special  collections  on  American  Naval  History,  the 
War  of  1812,  and  also  an  extensive  collection  of  auto- 
graphic and  photographic  material,  by  the  leading  of- 
ficers, both  Federal  and  Confederate,  of  the  Civil  War. 

The  collection  of  Californian  History,  comprising 
some  three  hundred  thousand  or  more  volumes,  may 
be  mentioned  in  this  connection.  Many  of  these  are 
unique  or  of  the  greatest  rarity. 

The  special  collections  in  the  Huntington  library, 
while  comparatively  small,  have  been  formed  with 
great  care  and  on  that  account  are  extremely  valuable. 
They  include  Incunabula,  Elizabethan  Music,  Bibles 
and  Books  of  Hours,  Book  Illustration  (engraving), 
Artie  Discovery,  Railroadiana,  and  Aeronautics  (main- 
ly historical). 

Full  justice  to  the  library  would  not  be  done  with- 
out mention  of  its  numerous  manuscripts  of  literary 
and  historical  importance.  No  adequate  idea  of  these, 
however,  can  now  be  given;  but  when,  later,  they  are 
properly  catalogued  and  described  they  will  be  found 
to  be  of  extraordinary  interest. 

Such  a  library  as  this  could  not  have  been  formed 
by  one  man  in  a  life  time  except  for  the  unusual  op- 
portunities with  which  collectors  have  been  favored 
during  the  last  decade  or  two.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
Mr.  Huntington  has  purchased  over  twenty  collec- 
tions en  bloc.  Of  these  only  a  few  of  the  most  im- 
portant can  here  be  mentioned.  They  are  the  libraries 
of  E.  Dwight  Church,  Frederick  R.  Halsey,  The  Earl 


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of  Ellesmere,  portions  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire's  li- 
brary (including  twenty-five  works  printed  by  Cax- 
ton  and  the  Kemble-Devonshire  collection  of  plays), 
and  the  American  section  of  the  Britwell  Court  library. 
With  these  as  a  splendid  basis,  Mr.  Huntington  has 
further  made  important  selections  from  over  a  score 
of  important  libraries  that  have  been  dispersed  at 
auction.  Among  these  only  a  few  can  here  be  named. 
The  libraries  of  Edward  H.  Crane,  William  H.  Lam- 
bert, Henry  F.  DePuy,  and  Herman  Le  Roy  Edgar 
contributed  important  volumes  of  Americana.  The  li- 
braries of  Henry  Ruth,  Lord  Rostyn,  Sir  Arthur  John 
Brooks,  and  the  Britwell  Court  Library  have  sent 
many  treasures  across  the  sea.  The  libraries  of 
Thomas  J.  McKee,  Henry  W.  Poor,  Robert  Hoe,  Win- 
ston H.  Hagen,  Hershel  V.  Jones,  and  H.  Burton  For- 
man,  sold  in  this  country,  have  also  enriched  the  col- 
lections of  this  library,  as  have  also  the  libraries  of 
Marsden  J.  Perry  and  Sir  Francis  Newdigate-Newde- 
gate  which  were  broken  up  and  sold  privately.  Dur- 
ing many  years,  the  catalogues  of  numerous  small, 
mixed  and  anonymous  sales  have  been  scanned  for 
desirable  items,  and  many  purchases  made  from  deal- 
ers' Lastly,  Mr.  Huntington's  time  and  attention  have 
been  given  dealers  and  others  having  books  for  sale 
and  from  them  he  has  secured  many  pieces  which  have 
appreciatively  enriched  his  bibliographical,  literary, 
and  historical  treasures. 


60       Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 
WALTER  LINDLEY 

A  very  splendid  collection  of  rare  books  as  well  as  a 
comprehensive  practical  assemblage  may  be  found  in 
the  private  library  of  Dr.  Walter  Lindley  at  his  home 
on  South  Figueroa  Street.  Dr.  Lindley,  throughout 
his  career  as  a  health  official  of  the  city  and  state, 
has  made  collecting  his  hobby  and  since  1873  he  has 
been  steadily  adding  to  it. 

Dr.  Lindley's  collection  includes  a  wonderful  section 
of  10000  volumes  devoted  to  the  English  drama  from 
Marlowe  to  Ibsen.  The  Johnsonian  works  in  another 
part  of  the  library  include  the  first  edition  of  his  dic- 
tionary in  two  volumes,  Boswell's  Life  of  Johnson  in 
two  volumes,  a  first  edition  of  Rasellas  and  other  rari- 
ties. 

A  special  feature  is  the  Blake  Collection,  the  finest 
in  the  city,  and  there  are  more  than  fifty  items  of  books 
engravings  and  paintings.  His  George  Borrow  group 
is  one  of  the  most  complete  in  America  and  contends 
with  the  works  of  Sir  Richard  F.  Burton  for  the  place 
of  honor. 

It  is  interesting  to  note  on  the  shelves  a  first  edition 
of  the  life  of  Madame  de  Stael  written  by  Abel  Stevens 
father  of  Otheman  Stevens,  noted  feature  writer  of  to- 
day. 

An  unusually  complete  Baconian  section  and  an 
extensive  Shakespearean  collection  are  features  of  this 
collection  that  are  complete  and  well  chosen.  Dr. 
Lindley  has  some  splendid  specimens  of  first  editions 


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including  several  Goldsmiths  and  numerous  others. 

In  1888  Dr.  Lindley  was  author  with  Dr.  J.  P.  Wid- 
ney  of  "California  of  the  South,"  published  by  Apple- 
ton,  which  was  immensely  popular  at  that  time  and 
went  through  several  editions.  In  connection  with  the 
work  he  commenced  the  collection  of  scrap  books  re- 
lating to  various  phases  of  Southern  California  de- 
velopment. While  this  material  is  not  so  complete 
for  later  years,  the  35  volumes  are  rich  in  source 
material  for  industrial  and  commercial  Southern  Cal- 
ifornia covering  a  period  of  some  thirty-five  years. 

This  unique  private  collection  includes  4,000  vol- 
umes which  makes  it  one  of  the  largest  as  well  as  finest 
collection  of  its  kind  in  Los  Angeles.  Dr.  Lindley,  who 
Is  also  a  director  of  the  Public  Library  has  consist- 
ently built  up  the  collection  item  by  item  and  cata- 
logued each  book  personally.  He  is  thus  one  of  the 
most  thoroughly  posted  men  in  his  subject  in  this 
part  of  the  country. 


ORRA  E.  MONNETTE 

The  private  collection  of  Mr,  Orra  E.  Monnette,  at 
his  home  on  South  Oxford  Avenue,  is  the  finest  private 
genealogical   and   historical   library   west  of   Chicago. 

Mr.  Monnette,  president  of  the  Citizens  Trust  and 
Savings  Bank  and  president  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Public  Library,  has  been  a  collector  of  rare  ge- 
neological  and  historical  books  for  some  twenty  years. 


62      Libraries  of  Los  Angeles  and  Vicinity 

This  splendid  collection  contains  somewhat  over  a 
thousand  volumes  on  geneological  topics,  town  and 
county  history  including  many  official  and  private  rec- 
ords which  have  either  been  purchased  or  copied  at 
considerable  expense. 

Mr.  Monnette's  collection  is  unique  In  the  number  of 
rare  and  practically  unobtainable  works  and  the  entire 
library  represents  an  outlay  of  a  good  many  thousand 
dollars. 

There  are  also  various  vertical  file  data  and  memo- 
randa gathered  over  this  period  of  twenty  years  cover- 
ing more  than  a  thousand  families  including  price- 
less records  gathered  together  for  a  projected  volume 
on  The  First  Settlers  of  Piscataway  and  Woodbridge, 
New  Jersey  which  will  be  ready  for  press  early  in  the 
new  year. 

From  the  pen  of  Mr.  Monnette  have  come  various 
volumes  on  historical  and  geneological  subjects,  a  num- 
ber of  periodical  articles  showing  considerable  schol- 
arly research  in  his  special  field,  various  re-prInt  ma- 
terial, and  he  has  also  done  considerable  editorial  work 
as  a  hobby. 

In  connection  with  these  activities  a  comprehensive 
scrap  book  collection  has  come  Into  being  covering 
press  clippings  on  geneology  from  newspapers  and 
magazines  which  could  not  be  duplicated  under  any 
circumstances. 

This  private  collection  is  known  as  the  most  com- 
plete in  this  section  of  the  country  and  it  speaks  much 
for  Mr.  Monnette's  ability  when  we  find  him  at  once 


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a  leader  in  financial  circles,  in  the  front  rank  of  li- 
brary trustees,  and  a  recognized  authority  on  geneology. 


SCHOOL  LIBRARIANS,  192L* 


Berendo  Intermediate  School Helen  F.  Estill 

Boyle  Heights  Intermediate  School Mrs.  E.  Gilmount 

Central  Junior  High  School Mrs.  Lillian  Ford 

City  School  Library Jasmine  Britton 

Franklin  High  School Viola  Stevens 

Gardena  High  School Joanna  L.  Gaylord 

Hollywood  High  School Statie  M.  Weber 

Jefferson  High  School LInnie  Marsh 

Lafayette   Intermediate  School Eloise  Carwyle 

Lincoln  High  School Ella  S.  Morgan 

Los  Angeles  High  School Marjorie  Van  Deusen 

Manual  Arts  High  School Mabel  S.  Dunn 

McKinley  Intermediate  School Florence  L.  Hurst 

Polytechnic  High  School Mrs.  Edith  W.  Locklin 

San  Pedro  High  School Mabel  Cory 

Sentous   Intermediate   School Mrs.   E.  Lawrence 

Thirtieth  Street  Intermediate  School Stella  Beckly 

Van  Nuys  High  School Jean  Doan 

Virgil  Intermediate  School Laura  Smith 

*Prepared  by  the  organization  of  school  librarians  in 
Los  Angeles. 


Index  of  Librarians 


Armstrong,    Leroy    S3 

Behymer,  L.   E.   2 

Brewitt,  Mrs.  Theodora  R.  __    8 

Britton,  Jasmine 29 

Brown,    Charlotte    M.    26 

Brown,  Zaidee 10 

Brunswig,  Lucian  N. 54 

Bryan,  William  A. 3 

Clark,  W.  A.  Jr. 2 

Clover,   S.  T.   2 

Clark  F.  C. 3 

Cole,  George  W. 55 

Connor,   Elizabeth   38 

Cook,  George  F. 20 

Crumrine,  J.  H. 50 

Doan.   Jean   32 

Dockweiler,    I.    B.    2 

Drake,    Jeannette    M.    17 

Dunn  Mabel   S.   63 

Ewing,  Marion  J.   24 

Endelman,   J.    28 

Fargo,   Elizabeth   H.   26 

Faulk,   Eva   46 

Fellows,  Mrs.  Allen  D. 36 

Gaylord,    Joanna    L.    63 

Gleason,  Celia 15 

Hatch,  Cora 1 

Herzog,  Walter  S.   42 

Heutreux,    A.    43 


Hopkins,  Mrs. 51 

Hunt,    Rockwell   D.    41 

Jacobus,  Sarah  M. 18 

Lindley,   Walter   60 

Locklin,  Mrs.   Edith  W. 34 

Markham,    S.    43 

Marriott,   Victor   E.    24 

Marsh,  Linnie 34 

McGaffey,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 52 

Meyer,   Amos    53 

Monnette,  Orra  E. 61 

Morgan,  Ella  S. 33 

O'Melveny,   Henry  W. 2 

Parker,   Miss   D.   B.   48 

Pasko,  Beth 41 

Perry,   Everett   R.   12 

Rees,    W.    B.    48 

Reesberg,    Eleanor   M.   50 

Russ,   Judd   2 

Scheck,    Alice    46 

Schumacher,   J.  J.    51 

Smith,  Mrs.  Vivian  G. 47 

Spining,   Frances    H.   19 

Southwick,    T.    S.    42 

Stevens,  Viola  E. 34 

Van   Deusen,  Marjorie 33 

Vogleson,   Helen   IS 

Wood,  Abble  L. SO 


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